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Asks Jim Bianco for his reaction to Nvidia's earnings report and guidance.

Brian

Jim Bianco

Nvidia report and guidance were great; the company will continue to power the market higher. Pushes back on AI bubble narrative, questioning if the fear was overspend, which Nvidia's strong sales seem to contradict.

I thought it was that there was going to be an overspend. And if Nvidia is telling us that they can't sell enough Blackwells fast enough... that kind of feeds the AI overspend narrative.

Asks Jim to clarify if strong GPU demand could be a negative, fueling an AI bubble.

Brian

Jim Bianco

Clarifies the AI bubble narrative was about overspending by companies that couldn't make the economics work. Nvidia selling chips faster negates that bubble fear.

I thought that's what the bubble was. And that was the fear, is that they weren't gonna make enough money. And now we're finding that, no, they pushed him out even faster and that negate the bubble.

Asks Jim about the state of the economy based on Walmart's strong quarter and K-shaped economy chart.

Brian

Jim Bianco

Walmart quarter strong, Target not, showing a mixed retail bag. Digging deeper, Walmart said they're raising prices and inflation will keep coming, explaining the K-shaped chart where consumer confidence falls while stocks rise due to cumulative inflation.

In the 50 years prior to COVID, consumer confidence in the stock market move deluxe step. So what changed? Why is the consumer hate this economy even though we keep making new highs in the stock market? And he answers inflation.

Jim Bianco

Predicts the K-shape will widen: stock market up big today, but Walmart told the bottom half (non-asset owners) store prices will get more expensive.

Asks about retail sector difficulty and Macy's performance.

Brian

Jim Bianco

Retail space is difficult; success depends on execution (Walmart good, Target bad, Macy's mixed), making it hard to read the general economy from earnings alone.

If you execute, you do well. And if you don't execute, you don't do well. And you could almost ignore the economy for a moment right now.

Asks what is more important to markets: a rocking Nvidia or the Fed leaning toward a rate cut.

Brian

Jim Bianco

A rocking Nvidia and AI are definitely more important. AI-related stocks are almost half the S&P 500 market cap, a dominance not seen since railroads in the 19th century. Walmart's move to NASDAQ symbolizes everything is about tech/AI, not the Fed.

Everything is going AI and as if you wanted a good indication that everything is going AI. Look at the announcement... Walmart is moving to the NASDAQ. Walmart wants to consider themselves to be a tech AI focused... company... Everything is about tech right now. It's not about the Fed.

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